Monday, 5 November 2012

Two minutes with… Oxford United, an FA Cup special

Oxford United travelled to
Underhill at the weekend for the first round of the FA Cup. The visitors won
the game 2-0. Fan, Kevin, gives his thoughts.

Pre-match

Had you been to Underhill before?

Yeah, I’ve been a few times with
Oxford.

How did you get to the game?

I live in London now so got the
tube. It only took 30 odd minutes, so nice and easy!

The match

Whereabouts in the ground did you sit/stand?

I was stood in the away end down
the side. Always love away stands with a low roof, however the pillars were
quite annoying.

What did you make of the game?

I thought we did a professional
job against what was unfortunately a poor Barnet side. Was surprised by the
decision to leave Davids on the bench for so long, most the home fans picked up
when he came on and he made a slight difference. All in all very happy with how
we played as so often this season we have dominated and came away with nothing.

Who (from either side) do you think deserved to be man
of the match?

For us I thought Constable was
our best player, looking back to his best thankfully for us; Rigg on the left
put in a good performance. For Barnet, I thought Kamdjo won a few headers and
put himself about but other than that no one stood out. Thought Collins John
was by far the worst player on the pitch!

Post-match

Was the score line a fair reflection on the game?

I think so, though we could have scored
more to be honest. In the FA Cup it is all about getting to the third round for
lower league teams so happy with the win.

Who do you play next, and how do you think you’ll get
on?

We have Dagenham on Tuesday and
Torquay on Saturday both at home and given our current form we should hopefully
have six points, but after years of watching Oxford, it’ll probably be two
draws!

Ratings

Cost of match day ticket

Given Barnet are a London club
the cost is not surprising but think you would attract a lot more fans with
lower prices––– 5/10

Purchases made at ground

Took me ages to find someone
selling a programme but it is quite a decent read. Food and drink - normal football
standard so can’t complain –––7/10

View

If you are in front of the
pillars it is ok, but with quite a few away fans in there the views were quite
restricted –––5/10

Quality of football

Both teams tried to play football
to their credit but obviously at that standard it’s not always possible. I
thought Barnet were quite poor and have to say Collins John was woeful,
expected a lot more from him –––7/10

Overall experience

I always enjoy going to Barnet as
I am in London and with lots of away fan friendly pubs nearby it is always a
fixture I look out for.Really hope you guys stay up and get a new stadium
sorted. On a final note, a win in the FA Cup is always good! ––– 8/10